It never occurred to me before now that Netflix might have drum education DVDs. Turns out they have Secret Weapons (not Part 2 alas), Groove Essentials and one of the Joe Morello lessons, along with...

Wandered into my local cluttered music shop to look at random snares/cymbals and cymbals. The owner saw me looking at an older Ludwig snare and said "I have this old Slingerland in back, want to see...

While getting an outside opinion is great, I don't think it will help to say "Well, this guy thinks I'm playing just fine". In fact I think it will just lead to more arguments about whether that guy...